Patrick Doran (born 5 June 1959) is a British rallycross driver of Irish origin, living in

Thorverton Thorverton is a civil parish and village in Devon, England, about a mile west of the River Exe and north of Exeter. It is almost centrally located between Exeter and the towns of Tiverton, Cullompton and Crediton, and contains the hamlets ...

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. His oldest son,

Liam Doran Liam Doran (born 22 March 1987) is a British professional rallycross driver competing in the FIA World Rallycross Championship, Global RallyCross Championship, X Games, and European Rallycross Championship. He is the son of British rallycros ...

, became a rallycross driver too. Doran, sometimes nicknamed "Plastic Paddy", is a former four-time British Rallycross Champion. Doran was also the runner-up in the

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in 1992, behind Will Gollop, also from Great Britain.DriverDB - Pat Doran
/ref> He also raced a Ford RS200 in the

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. Calling

Lydden Hill Race Circuit Lydden Hill Race Circuit (formerly known as Lydden Circuit) is a motorsport venue in Denton with Wootton, about half-way between Canterbury and Dover in Kent, England. The mile-long circuit is mainly used for Rallycross, Drift, Saloon and Spo ...

his home, in 2008 he became the owner of the

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ish

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s venue.

Racing record

FIA European Rallycross Championship results

Division 2

Division 1

Supercar

References

English racing drivers 1959 births Living people European Rallycross Championship drivers Sportspeople from Devon {{UK-autoracing-bio-stub